On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 01:41:40AM +0000, Julian Gilbey wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.5.2.0 > Severity: wishlist > > Policy should now require packages to specify build time dependencies > (i.e., packages which require ... MUST specify...)
I object to this; in sid there are 4284 source packages, of which 2237 have Build-Depends, meaning this would remove approximately 2047 packages from Debian. > Build time dependencies have been in policy for 18 months already. The requirement that every binary have a manpage has been in policy much longer than that, and it's not appropriate for that to be a RC issue, either. If you'd like to change this, please file wishlist bugs against packages that don't have Build-Depends, with the correct Build-Depends: line. Once we're at, say, 90% of packages (another 1618 packages away) supporting Build-Depends, then it'd be a good idea to revisit this, but until then, and especially when we're trying to release, this is a very bad idea. Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG signed mail preferred. ``_Any_ increase in interface difficulty, in exchange for a benefit you do not understand, cannot perceive, or don't care about, is too much.'' -- John S. Novak, III (The Humblest Man on the Net)
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